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The Battle Of The Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, begins near the Little Bighorn River in eastern Montana Territory, near what eventually became Crow Agency, Montana, USA. By the end of the following day, combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people will have defeated the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army and killed their commander, General George Custer. A humourous 1960 re-telling of the conflict, Mr Custer by Larry Verne, presents the battle from the perspective of an unwilling cavalryman, who has had a grim premonition of the battle in a dream. It will reach No1 in the USA.

During the First World War, a British fleet off the Gallipoli
Peninsula, Turkey, Europe, begins an almost continuous bombardment of Battleship Hill, which marks the start of what will come to be known as
The
Gallipoli Campaign. At the same time, British Empire and French
forces make amphibious landings on the Gallipoli peninsula. The
2011 song On
Battleship Hill by P.J. Harvey, is about this conflict.

Jazz piano pioneer Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith [aka Pinetop Smith] is performing at The Masonic Lodge dance hall in Chicago, Illinois, USA, when a fight breaks out. Shots are fired and Smith is killed by a bullet from the gun of David Bell.

Trinidadian singer Young Tiger appears on British television singing a calypso-style song, I Was There (at the Coronation), which
described in great detail the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which had taken place earlier in the day. Young Tiger had in fact recorded the song two months earlier based on advance information he had been given about the Coronation. Other songs inspired by Queen Elizabeth II include God Save The Queen (1977) by The Sex Pistols and Her Majesty (1969) by The Beatles.

After leaving a rehearsal at experimental jazz composer Sun Ra's practice space in Harlem, New York City, USA, poet and recording artist Henry Dumas is shot dead in a nearby subway station by a transit cop.

Johnny Paycheck is convicted of shooting a man during a misunderstanding in a bar in Hillsboro, Ohio, USA. The man is only grazed by the bullet, and Paycheck will be pardoned after 22 months in prison.

Heading back to Tokyo, Japan, on the Bullet Train after a show in Osaka, Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue become somewhat inebriated. They pour Jack Daniels over the heads of unsuspecting commuters and smear curry all over the walls. As the orgy of idiocy escalates, Nikki Sixx throws a Jack Daniels bottle at Mr. Udo, their Japanese tour promoter. It misses Mr Udo but hits a businessman in the back of the head. On arrival in Tokyo, Riot Squad police arrest Sixx and take him to jail, along with manager Doc McGhee.

When The Rolling Stones play a second night at The Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, USA, they are joined for one song by Eric Clapton. Earlier in the evening, Axl Rose, singer of support band Guns N' Roses, announces from the stage that the band will be destroyed if certain members of the band can't stop using heroin.

When British reggae band Misty In Roots play at Mutare, Zimbabwe, Africa, fans riot and tear down fences to get in to see the band. A car is set on fire, and police shoot at fans trying to set fire to a petrol station. During the riot, one man is reported killed and 39 are injured.

Manchester, UK's troubled Hacienda Club re-opens after being closed since early January because of violence. The bouncers are now wearing bullet-proof vests and there are walk through metal detectors on the way in.

Former Guns N'Roses drummer Steven Adler collects a back-payment check of $2.25m and is granted 15% of the royalties for everything he recorded prior to his departure after suing the band for wrongful dismissal. He claims he was “impaired” when he signed the original contract.

Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot four times in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, while leaving the MGM Grand hotel, after seeing the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match, in what is apparently a drive-by shooting.

Three men, including the rapper Cassidy, fire on three unarmed men during an argument in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Cassidy will, in due course, serve eight months in jail for his part in this incident.

Having spent three and a half years in prison on death row, rapper Boosie Badazz is released early from his eight year sentence, having now been found not guilty of the murder by shooting of 35-year-old Terry Boyd in 2010.

It is reported that an arrest warrant has been issued for Craig L. Schelske, former husband of country music star Sara Evans to whom he owes $333,000 in child support payments. Schelske is also said to have filed for bankruptcy, listing his assets as including 25 chickens, two bags of chicken feed, 60 DVDs, three silver coins, 40 books, a 12-gauge shotgun, a rifle, a hand gun, four vacuum cleaners, a card table, a Ford F-250, a Chevy pickup, a Chevy Tahoe and a Honda 4-wheeler.

During the warm-up dates for their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N' Roses play at The Troubadour, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. This tour features classic line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993. During this show, Axl Rose falls and breaks his foot.

During the warm-up dates for their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at The Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, USA. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.

During the Latin American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Estadio Monumental, Lima, Peru, South America, supported by Area 7. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.